We performed a comparison between Cisco Umbrella and Perimeter 81 based on real PeerSpot user reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Cisco Umbrella is favored over Perimeter 81 by users for its extensive capabilities, which include content filtering, customizable DNS blocking, and support for hybrid work. It also offers a more intuitive interface and a central policy for heightened security. Perimeter 81 is praised for its fast VPN connection and responsive customer service but falls short in terms of customization and features. Additionally, there is limited information on its licensing and ROI, whereas Cisco Umbrella's pricing is reasonable and provides tangible benefits to organizations.
"On the outside, the main differentiation is because Lookout ingest. They have ingested basically all of the apps for the last ten years and all the versions of all the apps, and we have that in a corporate database that allows us to do very large-scale machine learning and analysis on that data set. That's not something that any of the competitors really have the capability to do because they don't have access to the data set. A lot of the apps you can no longer get them because that version of the app is five or six years old, and it just doesn't exist anywhere anymore, except within our infrastructure. So, the ability to have that very rich dataset and learn from that dataset is a real differentiator."
"The most valuable features are the antivirus as a whole, the anti-malware, and all of the protection features that scan our enterprise devices."
"The protection offered by the product is the most valuable feature. It detects vulnerabilities or traps on our users' phones and then prompts them to clean up their devices. Tools we used previously would only discover, which required us to gather information on the backend, so Lookout is a welcome upgrade."
"The solution is stable."
"The security and access control features."
"Improves security through DNS visibility, which can block malware, phishing, C&C, etc."
"The initial setup is very easy and takes only a few minutes."
"We immediately block impersonating users from accessing services over Cisco Umbrella-controlled devices."
"What we like most is security and how easy it is to integrate with other appliances."
"The most valuable features for us include tenant lock, content filtering, and DLP solutions, looking for PII and information being exfiltrated."
"It has the ability to quickly block new threats."
"The most valuable features are the protection against ransomware and phishing."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The solution provides us with an easy way to configure and join the VPN with Perimeter 81."
"It helps to quickly get access to the pages I need."
"It connects quickly and stays connected. The user interface is pretty neat too. The app has in-house support with user guides that give you step-by-step walkthroughs on navigating the app. In addition, there is a live chat feature that offers prompt assistance on the go."
"Perimeter 81 is very pretty."
"The setup is really easy...I rate the support team a ten out of ten."
"Perimeter 81 provides a very secure and non-disruptive experience."
"Distributing the agent was very simple, allowing us to enforce security posture on our devices (i.e. S1, Disk-encryption, etc.)."
"From the analysis that we've done, they do seem to be maybe a step behind in trying to enter the market with a new solution. But when they do pick up, they do come out with some good products."
"Lookout was moving into the SSE space. And so their work on SecureWeb Gateway and SD-WAN is still sort of evolving."
"We just submitted an enhancement request reflecting the main area we want to see improvement in; the APIs. Currently, we're able to build dashboards, but it's somewhat backward because we use our MDM API to create them. Lookout should provide API to customers so we can query our data and use it in our cloud, and this is the only outstanding area for improvement with the product right now."
"The stability depends on the service from where you access it. Because sometimes, the place you are in, you have Gateway. You don't have Gateway. The gateway is overutilized. At the end, you need to go through their gateways. And this is the key point here. You have a tracking point. If it's not well orchestrated, and it scales up as you add more to the existing team, you will suffer"
"The rule-making process for blocking sites or for blocking characteristics can use some simplification."
"There are a couple of different pieces that have different portals. I know they're working on getting them all into one portal, but that's probably the biggest thing that needs improvement right now. It's not a single pane of glass yet."
"The solution's technical support is not very good."
"It should have a real-time malware classification engine. It should check the malware on the website. It would be good if it had a real-time malware check for the websites because currently, it just compares the DNS queries of the blacklist. It should also have malware control over file execution and the types of files that the users are allowed to download."
"There are cheaper solutions in the market"
"There are some situations where we would like to block things for specific user groups. I know that Umbrella does that, but it's not that easy.... when you want a specific task for specific rules and policies for user groups, you have to go three levels down in the menu, and it's hard to find where you do that task."
"I would like to see Cisco enable us to get objects from the internet. I would also like to be able to choose groups."
"Missing a real data leakage prevention solution."
"I don't know if it is technically feasible, however, if the Desktop App could be used as a Web App or a Chrome Extension it would be very nice."
"What would be useful would be a notification/warning that a session is due to timeout after exceeding the default connection limit."
"I would suggest adding more networking and security features that allow more customization within their platform."
"The solution's speed of upload and download is an area where it lacks"
"The overall UI could be improved and updated to bring a simpler feel to the application."
"I have found that the log-in/out process takes quite some time."
"Perimeter 81 could enhance its reporting and analytics capabilities to provide more detailed insights into network activity."
"I'd love to learn more about all of the features. Maybe a monthly spotlight of features or having a banner that explains more ways certain features could be used would be helpful."
Cisco Umbrella is ranked 1st in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 108 reviews while Perimeter 81 is ranked 8th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 22 reviews. Cisco Umbrella is rated 8.8, while Perimeter 81 is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Cisco Umbrella writes "Protects endpoints wherever they are, always pushing people to the right locations to avoid malicious intent". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Perimeter 81 writes "Great SAML and SCIM support with the ability to deploy site-2-site tunnels with specific IP restrictions". Cisco Umbrella is most compared with Zscaler Internet Access, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Palo Alto Networks DNS Security and Fortinet FortiGate SWG, whereas Perimeter 81 is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Cato SASE Cloud Platform, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare Access and Check Point Quantum SASE. See our Cisco Umbrella vs. Perimeter 81 report.
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